Hello!  It’s May 28, and we’re tracking today's top stories: Rep. Rashida Tlaib urges ‘red line’ on Israel at conference tied to terrorist groups, India's Reliance to buy Russian oil in rubles, Trump promises to release Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if re-elected, Biden admin presses allies not to confront Iran on nuclear program, and much more.

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🎯 Rep. Rashida Tlaib Urges ‘Red Line’ on Israel at Conference Tied to Terrorist Groups. The keynote speaker was the wife of PFLP terrorist Walid Daqqah. National Review

Top Stories

🌎 India's Reliance to buy Russian oil in rubles. India is the biggest buyer of seaborne Russian crude since the West halted purchases and imposed sanctions. Reuters

🚩 Russian Firms Turn to Crypto for China Commodities Trade Bloomberg

🌎 Trump promises to release Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if re-elected. Silk Road started in 2011 and was operated by Ulbricht under the username “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Cointelegraph

🌎 Biden Admin Presses Allies Not to Confront Iran on Nuclear Program. U.S. is arguing against an effort by Britain and France to censure Iran at the IAEA’s member-state board. WSJ

🚩 Iran further increases its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels AP

🚩 Suspended as Biden Special Envoy, now teaching at the Ivies NYP

🚩 Iran Leverages Oman As Export Gateway Amid Sanctions Iran International

🌎 China’s Role in Ukraine. Russia has been able to keep paying for the war, despite sanctions, with China’s help. NYT

🚩 EU foreign ministers adopt new Russia sanctions DW

🌎 Top Mexican cartel criminal El Nini, once among America’s most wanted, extradited to the US. Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas was one of the Sinaloa cartel’s lead sicarios. CNN

🚩 Biden tries to plug border loophole that released migrant linked to terrorism into the U.S. NBC

🌎 How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3M Crypto Wallet. Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune. Wired

🌎 Master of Make-Believe. A struggling actor struck it rich in Hollywood – then the F.B.I. showed up. New Yorker

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IN THE NEWS

Russia

🇷🇺 Russia moving closer to delisting Afghanistan's Taliban as terrorist group VOA

🇷🇺 Putin Dealt a Blow by Major Chinese Spy Cam Maker Newsweek

🇷🇺 Italian banks must quit Russia, ECB's Panetta says Reuters

🇷🇺 Russia, China Seek New Gas Route as 'Siberia 2' Becomes Putin's Pipe Dream Newsweek

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China

🇨🇳 China Creates $47.5B Chip Fund to Back Nation’s Firms Bloomberg

🇨🇳 U.S. Extends Investigation Into Chip-Gear Maker Applied Materials Bloomberg

🇨🇳 Second Ex-Huarong Executive Sentenced to Death Over Bribery Bloomberg

🇨🇳 U.N. Rapporteur, after Receiving Chinese Funding, Calls for End to All Sanctions on China National Review

🇨🇳 China’s Raids on Forex Gangs Point to Crypto Ban Being Flouted Bloomberg

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Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 Holy See receives positive evaluation in Moneyval follow-up report Vatican News

💸 Vulcan rejects Mexico's 'illegal expropriation' of its investments Reuters

💸 James Biden associate Keaton Langston pleads guilty to $51M Medicare fraud NYP

💸 Mysterious Wealth: Tajikistan PM’s Wife Bought Luxury Dubai Properties OCCRP

💸 Oil Tycoon Gets License to Continue Buying Asphalt from Venezuela Bloomberg

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Crypto & Cyber

🔐 Ransomware Group Claims Responsibility for Christie’s Hack Artnet

🔐 Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data Ars

🔐 Moroccan Cybercrime Group Steals Up to $100K Daily Through Gift Card Fraud Hacker News

🔐 Indian man stole $37M in crypto using fake Coinbase Pro site Bleepingcomputer

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Trafficking

🚚 FBI investigating missing ancient treasures from British Museum BBC

🚚 lllegal immigrants tired of waiting for Border Patrol agents get away using ride-hailing app Fox

🚚 A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone AP

🚚 Ukraine extradites man who organized illegal migrant trafficking to Poland Politico

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